This post shares tips and strategies for teaching different learning styles to meet the needs of all learners.
Use this list of 107 instructional strategies to fill-in that lesson plan or teaching portfolio with some high quality teaching strategies.Or, try some of these strategies out when you’re low on ideas and looking for a fresh way to teach in the classroom!
Explore varying styles and methods for learning through the Learning Pyramid.
The 5 Best Methods & Specific Tips on HOW to Incorporate Each in Your Own Classroom Being a teacher is a tough business. It can be hard to navigate the classroom and know if your teaching methods are
Check out our best ESL activities for kindergarten kids to try out in your classes today. Have some fun with English and kindy kids.
Growth Mindset Activity: Learning Style Quiz and Hemispheres of theBrain
Check out these high school teacher ideas for teaching photosynthesis and respiration with animations and hands-on activities
Collaboration is great, isn’t it?! It brings students together and not only enhances their learning, it builds those critical social skills students are in desperate need of. Here are my 5 favorite strategies I use in my middle school classroom to encourage collaboration. They are step by step, ea
My friends, teaching students to make inferences is one of the hardest concepts out there! Can I get an Amen?! Students are trained to see what is right in front of them, so when they have to take that and read between the lines it is difficult! It is pulling hair out difficult! This ... Read More about Teaching Inferencing-Investigation Style
Need creative ways to teach division? This post has tons of ideas to use to help make teaching division easier and more interesting!
This page provides resources to help you integrate Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory into your regular classroom practices. You’ll find photos of multiple intelligences centers I created and links to other web resources for MI surveys, songs, games, and more. How I created multiple intelligences centers One year, I based my centers on Howard Gardner’s … Continued
Parenting styles can look very different—and affect kids in very different ways. Brush up on Baumrind’s parenting styles and what they mean for your kids.
Many students are learning online during this unique school year. Here are some tips and tools to get started engaging students virtually!
Ideas to teach force and motion to grade 5 6 7 students including Newton's laws with print, digital and hands on activities for science class
Have you ever had a class with so many difficult, disruptive students that you felt that you could barely even teach? What can you do to get past it? In this post, I am going to address this problem with my best advice, and some advice from others as well.
Direct instruction is a crucial component of special education programs. Our students require direct instruction in order to learn, master and generalize skills. Here are some tips to help make your direct instruction time easier. In my classroom. we set aside an hour a day to do direct instruction centers. During this time, we take ... Read More about Direct Instruction Hacks For Special Education Classrooms
back to school activities for upper elementary and middle school to help you build community and get to know your learners.
Using the Gallery Walk instructional strategy to teach important classroom routines & structures Teaching Duration: 1-3 class periods What is a GALLERY WALK? A gallery walk is a kinesthetic strategy that help students learn information. It closely resembles the idea of a jig
Research based teaching strategies you can use today with a free printable chart.
Test outside the box.
Picture this. You're in the middle of a lesson on fractions. On the surface, it seems like your students are engaged and understanding the concept. However, when you pass out the independent assignment, you find a sea of confused faces staring back at you. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? This scenario was a common occurrence in my classroom, but I stumbled upon a solution: formative assessment for elementary students.
In our classrooms, students have the most important voices, but sometimes that is forgotten. This post shares 42 ways to amplify student voices.
Today we are going beyond the basic learning styles of Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic/Tactile (VARK). Most of us don’t fall strictly into one of those categories – and ne…
Learn how to teach children self-control the right way with this collection of fun yet powerful self-regulation strategies and activities for kids!
Teaching the Orff method is just one of the ways to teach music to kids. If you've been curious how to teach Orff, this blog post will give some good ideas.
DIY Composition Manipulatives. Organized Chaos. easy rhythm cards made from foam sheets. great way to get students composing because each card matches the length of the note or rest and each note is a different color.
This fabulous Blooms Gardners Writing Matrix contains 42 ideas for writing! Here's 10 FREE ideas, verb posters and displays for HOTS. Love number 3!
What's the secret to a great lesson? There are actually two of them: rigor and fun! Read this post to learn 10 ways to power up any lesson so that it's both challenging AND fun! the secret to a great lesson? There are actually two of them: rigor and fun! Read this post to learn 10 ways to power up any lesson so that it's both challenging AND fun!
Looking for some fun middle school activities to incorporate in your math lessons? Trying to come up with fun ideas that fit your curriculum? Here are 20 great activities and project ideas! There are three main themes to the activities listed below: real life, food (perfect for those hungry pre-teens!), and creativity. The instructions for all activities can be easily modified for students in Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8. If your child is home-schooled, or you are just looking for additional home learning tasks, then these activities are perfect for you! All of the materials can easily be found in your home.
If you're new to the industry, the ADDIE Model Infographic will get you up to speed, introducing you to the methodology and showing you how it can help you.
Project-based learning is an awesome method of homeschooling. This post gives you a comprehensive list of potential projects to use.
Kinesthetic Learning Ideas - over 20 ideas!
Make root beer floats in the name of science!
Timelines are amazing tools for visual learners, but there are ways of teaching through history timelines that appeal to all learning styles. Sponsored post
Ideas and activities for learning, building and writing about landforms. See our imaginary islands and creative narrative writing about landforms.
When you think of a leader, what qualities and skills come to
Are you looking for early finisher activities to keep your students engaged and productive when they complete their work early? Look no further! Here are 20 early finisher activities that your students will love. From creative projects to physical activities, there’s something here for everyone! These early finisher activities will help keep your students motivated and on task while also having a little fun. So grab the supplies, turn up the music, and let's get started with these awesome early finisher activities today! (Some links below are Amazon affiliate links. . .no extra charge for you, but it helps support
Differentiation of content, process, and product alter what kids get, do, and/or create. Read on for differentiation examples and ideas.
